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Published on: January 30, 2015
Polymers based on thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione and pyromellitic diimide by CH-CH arylation reaction for
Gamal M Nassar1,2, Jeyon Chung3, Cuc Kim Trinh4
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu Gwangju 61005 Korea jslee@gist.ac.kr.
Abstract:
Three homopolymers were successfully synthesized by direct CH-CH arylation polymerization of thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione or pyromellitic diimide derivatives affording highly purified polymers with high molecular weights (43.0-174.7 K). Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione and pyromellitic diimide derivatives are considered as electron-withdrawing units. The synthesized homopolymers P1, P2, and P3 showed band gaps in the range of 2.13-2.08 eV, respectively. The electron mobilities of the three homopolymers have been investigated. The thin film transistor for P1 prepared by the eutectic-melt-assisted nanoimprinting method achieved an electron mobility of 2.11 × 10-3 cm2 s-1 V-1. Based on the obtained results, the synthesized polymers can be used as potential electron acceptors in solar cell applications.
